Notes from our Meeting!


 

February 27th, 2008 - Adobe eSeminars:

June 29th, 2007 - Leopard:

March 28th, 2007 - Home Pages:

February 28th, 2007 - Browser Enhancements:

    Web Browser Enhancements:
    Safari:
      - Debug menu -
      -     from Terminal: defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1
      - to fool some sites:
      -     Debug menu : User Agent : Windows MSIE 6.0
      - Free 'Safari Enhancer'
      -     from VersionTracker
      - 'Saft' utility (us$12) or 'Saft Lite' (free)
      -     Saft: from VersionTracker
      -     Saft Lite: from VersionTracker
      - 'DownloadComment' utility
      -     from VersionTracker
    Firefox:
      - Debug menu -
      - 'Greasemonkey' user script manager
      -     http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/
      - 'Google Toolbar'
      - Firefox preferences / "Firefox starts" popup menu
      - url field:   about:config
     

July 26th, 2006 - Hints and Tips:

June 28th, 2006 - Security:

August 31st, 2005 - Backup Summary:

    Where to Start:
      - The most important thing to do first is to decide upon your overall strategy -
      - What do you want backup to provide for you?
      - Safety net

    For more information:
      - Backup and Cloning Your Hard Disk
     

June 29th, 2005 - Introduction to Backup:

    What is Backup? (discussion in groups)
      - Copy of valuable/unique information to a different location
      - Historical archive
      - Safety net

    What should you Backup?
      - Data, but it can also include other items.

    Different ways to Backup Data ...
      - Copy whole disk (bootable),
      - Synchronize files and folders
      - Archive modified files

    . . . . . . more next month!
     

June 29th, 2005 - MacBasics Notes:

    Shutting down multiple programs
      - OpenApple-tab to display quick-select bar of programs, then
      - OpenApple-Q to quit each program
    or program: Quit Anything 2.2.0 (http://www.frozenheads.com/page/quit_anything)
    Question: Why would you want to do this?
     

April 27th, 2005 - MacBasics Notes - Appleworks:

    Option-Close : close all the windows

    Assistant: Make Calendar
    Assistant: Printing Envelopes
    Assistant: Printing Certificates

    Template: Awards

    Open Recent:
        For performance, Reset Open Recent Options
            (in Preferences:General:Files)

    Remove recent items:
        /Documents/Appleworks/UserData/StartingPoints/RecentItems
     

April 27th, 2005 - .Mac Account (Bruce Whitwell):

April 27th, 2005 - April Fool Products?:

March 30th, 2005 - Web Sites mentioned in MacBasics:

March 30th, 2005 - Web Sites mentioned in Skype Topic:

March 30th, 2005 - Web Sites mentioned in iChat Topic:

February 23th, 2005 - Web Sites for Games:

Other Games mentioned:

    Flight Simulators:
        XPlane 8
        Warcraft 3
        Fly! II     (try Apple website)
     
    Mikes's Cards Lite 2     (free)
     
    Mike's Cards 2     (buy)
     
    Glenn's Games
        Bubble Trouble
        Apeiron
     
    MacMAME
        Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
        - for many old 68000-based arcade games